Clark County (The Evening News)
Evening News Briefs Dec. 17
• Jeffersonville
CASI hosting Angel Tree event
Community Action of Southern Indiana is hosting its fourth-annual Angel Tree toy and clothing giveaway and Christmas dinner beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday with a program for children run by CASI’s head start program.
The event is open to the public and will be held at CASI, 1613 E. Eighth St., Jeffersonville. Recipients will be primarily from Clarksville, Jeffersonville and New Albany, children from Haven House’s homeless shelter and the local head start program. Other children in need are welcome to participate.
More than 160 children are signed up to receive gifts and as many as 200 are expected to be helped. The dinner crowd is expected at 400. The gift-giving from Santa will begin at 6 p.m., along with the dinner.
Buses will pick up families with children at Haven House’s Williams Shelter at 4:45 and 5:30, and also will stop for passengers at Warder Park.
Brighter Days Ahead charities along with Eastside Christian Church in Jeffersonville and the staff and students at University of Louisville Hospital and medical school are the primary donors
Also, teenagers who volunteer to cook and feed the homeless every Sunday at CASI will be honored at the event.
Call Robert or Julie Perry at 502-396-8873 or 502-548-3389 for more information or to reserve a spot.
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JHS shop to be open this weekend
The Devils’ Den Apparel Spirit Shop will be open at halftime of the Jeffersonville High School boys’ varsity basketball games Friday and Saturday.
This shop allows fans to purchase last minute holiday gifts for Red Devils fans. Sweatshirts, T-shirts, jewelry and other items are available.
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Church hosting holiday service
Community Christian Church, 5030 Hamburg Pike, Jeffersonville, will host a Christmas Eve worship and birthday party of Jesus at 7 p.m. Christmas Eve at the church.
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• CLARK County
H1N1 clinic upcoming
The Clark County Health Department will offer an H1N1 vaccination clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday for Clark County residents of any age, at the former Kmart at 1416 Blackiston Mill Road, Clarksville.
Consent forms will need to be filled out for each person. For those who wish to print and fill out the form prior to coming to the clinic, the form is available in Spanish and English through the Health Department’s Web site at clarkhealth.net.
Call the Health Department at 812-282-7521 for more information.
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• Clarksville
Stamp collectors event scheduled
Stamp collectors can sell and buy postage stamps with dealers and collectors nationwide at the marketplace, hosted by P&S; Stamp Express from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 9 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 10 at Holiday Inn, 505 Marriott Drive, Clarksville.
Beginners to longtime collectors will have an opportunity to obtain accumulations, collections, covers, mint and/or used stamps, postal history, post cards, supplies and other items.
Admission and parking is free.
Call 614-899-1983 or e-mail SES@PandS-stamps.com for more information.
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• New Albany
AME church hosts coat giveaway
The Phillips-Grundy Women’s Missionary Society of the Indiana Conference AME Church will host a winter coat giveaway from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Bethel AME Church, 315 E. Fifth St., New Albany.
Coats will be available for anyone in need — men, women, children and infants — and will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
There also will be a free meal for those in need, consisting of chili, hot dogs, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, desserts and drinks.
Call the Rev. Jerry Robinson, president of the Phillips-Grundy society at 502-774-7867 for more information.
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Borden principal to return to school
In a short school board meeting Thursday afternoon, the West Clark Community Schools board approved an addendum to an employment contract that would allow Borden High School Principal Lisa Nale back on the job as early as Oct. 7.
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Jeffersonville residents challenge IDEM on Mac plant
Questions and concerns gushed Thursday night from an audience upset with the living conditions in their neighborhood brought on by odor, soot and dust they attribute to the nearby Mac Construction and Excavating asphalt plant.
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Bridges Authority adopts strategy as deadline approaches
The Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridges Authority adopted strategic objectives at its public meeting in Jeffersonville on Thursday while rejecting calls to alter the Ohio River Bridges Project to avoid possible tolling.
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Ex-employee of Sportsdrome charged in beer-theft scheme at track
A Memphis woman has been charged with class D felony theft in an alleged scam to defraud Sportsdrome Speedway in Clarksville out of more than $20,000 in beer sales.
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$47.5 million in marijuana plants eradicated by ISP
Within about a week, Indiana State Police eradicated approximately 19,000 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $47.5 million across the state.
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Setting out for a stroll
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Moving on: Students, teachers get used to new schools at NA-FC
“You have to get to know people. You have to learn all these new names. It’s kind of scary at first. You don’t know them and they don’t know you.”
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Burglary suspect leads police on chase
Crotchett said he knows the owner of the house, so he called him to ask if anyone should be there.
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Straight ‘A’ educator: St. Anthony teacher makes top 10 list
She also wrote about how teaching is more than a career. It’s a vocation.
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Facelift planned for part of Market Street in Jeffersonville
Crouch said the entire road is being redone from sidewalk to sidewalk and local traffic can use rear-alley to access their homes.
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Borden principal to return to school
